A26796:379
The harmony of the divine attributes in the contrivance and accomplishment of man's redemption…
The harmony of the divine attributes in the contrivance and accomplishment of man's redemption by the Lord Jesus Christ, or, Discourses wherein is showed how the wisdom, mercy, justice, holiness, power, and truth of God are glorified in that great and blessed work / by William Bates.The harmony of the divine attributes in the contrivance and accomplishment of man's redemption by the Lord Jesus Christ, or, Discourses wherein is shewed how the wisdom, mercy, justice, holiness, power, and truth of God are glorified in that great and blessed work / by William Bates.
London: printed by J. Darby for Nathaniel Ranew and Jonathan Robinson and Brabazon Aylmer, 1674
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. In all those who are partakers of Grace and Glory by the Lord Jesus. Adam was the Son of God by Creation, but to be joined to Christ as our head, by a union so intimate, that he lives in us, and counts himself incomplete without us,1 and by that union to be adopted into the line of Heaven, and thereby to have an interest in the exceeding great and precious promises of the Gospel;2 to be constituted Heirs of God, and coheirs with Christ, are such discoveries of the dignity of our supernatural state, that the lowest Believer is advanced above Adam in all his honour. Nay, the Angels though superior to Man in the excellency of their nature, yet are accidentally lower by the honour of our alliance: Their King is our Brother. And this relative dignity which seems to eclipse their Glory, might excite their envy, but such an ingenuous goodness dwells in those pure and blessed Spirits, that they rejoice in our restoration and advancement.
2. In all those who are partakers of Grace and Glory by the Lord Jesus. Adam was the Son of God by Creation, but to be joyned to Christ as our head, by a union so intimate, that he lives in us, and counts himself incompleat without us,1 and by that union to be adopted into the line of Heaven, and thereby to have an interest in the exceeding great and precious promises of the Gospel;2 to be constituted Heirs of God, and coheirs with Christ, are such discoveries of the dignity of our supernatural state, that the lowest Believer is advanced above Adam in all his honour. Nay, the Angels though superior to Man in the excellency of their nature, yet are accidently lower by the honour of our alliance: Their King is our Brother. And this relative dignity which seems to eclipse their Glory, might excite their envy, but such an ingenuous goodness dwells in those pure and blessed Spirits, that they rejoyce in our restoration and advancement.